This article deals with three major issues. The first is digital transformation in the context of a smart city seeking continuous action to leverage technologies to improve the design and delivery of services. The second is resilience. The third is sustainable development, defined as one that...

This text aims to understand the dimensions of the term meaningful connectivity. In addition, it seeks to assess how it has been translated by Brazil's administrative practice. This term was adopted by the ITU/UN system and, through a process of diffusion, since 2022, it has been used by certain...

We began this work by describing and analyzing socio-digital inequalities. Next, an analysis of the supply of public digital services offered by the federal government is made. Finally, we analyzed the supply of public digital services offered by municipalities. Through a set of secondary and...

This article addresses digital transformation in public administration, exploring fundamental concepts, involved domains, and measurement tools that have been internationally applied to assess governments' progress in this field. The study focuses on analyzing the use of digital technologies for...

In the context of the digital transformation of the state, this Discussion Paper aims to analyze the literature on the "Government as a platform" (GaaP). A common point in this bibliography is the reference to Tim O'Reilly's 2011 essay, which proposed lessons that the public sector could learn...

This text aims to address the following question: What are the main debates related to data when considering public action in the Brazilian literature? To answer this question, a narrative literature review was conducted, focusing on studies that examine the relationship between data and...

At the end of 2022, Brazil's National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) launched a public hearing on the proposal for a new risk allocation model in road infrastructure concession contracts. This study illustrates, using the real options methodology, how the proposed design modifies the concession's...

The original BRICS, composed of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, plays a central role in international geopolitics and aims to strengthen the representation of emerging economies. Since its creation, the bloc has promoted initiatives aimed at reducing the West's hegemony in global...

The objective of this research was to understand the specificities of the production structures of family farming in the North region, in its multi-scale forms, regarding aspects of specialization and location in 2017. To this end, it is questioned whether or not family farming in the North...

The text calls attention to two structural features of the Brazilian economy, i.e., the facts that the country has built a very impressive welfare state (WS) over the years, one that looks as strong and mature as ever, and that the Brazilian Real (R$) apparently has become a "commodity-currency"...